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J. L. BLIGKENSTAFF.

GATE.

N0.591 154. Patented Oct. 5,1897;

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GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,154, dated October 5, 1897.

Application filed July 1 0, 1 8 96.

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in farm-gates,the object of the same being to provide an improved construction of gate which may be opened from either side and which is kept closed and locked at all times, except when it is desired to pass through the same.

The invention consists of two posts, upon one of which the gate is hinged and to the other of which the gate is latched. The post upon which the gate is supported is provided with a cross-arm at its upper end which has pulleys at each end, around which the cords or wires pass, one end of each of which cords is connected to the releasebar of the gate and the other, after passing over suitable guidepulleys, is connected to posts located on opposite sidesof the gate. The release-bar referred to is mounted in suitable guide-bars on the side of the gate and has a projecting arm or pin which is adapted to engage an angularly-disposed lug or projection on a lever, to which the latch-bolt is pivoted, so that when said release-bar is raised said latch-bolt is withdrawn from its engagement with a mortise in the post which it normally fits.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in perspective my gate and its operative parts complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the opposite side of the gate. Fig. 3isaperspective view of the latch-post. Fig. l is a detail view in perspective of the release-bar. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the releasing-lever, showing its connection with the latch-bolt.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

My gate 1 is supported upon suitable hinges on the post 2 and is secured in locked position by the post 3. The post 2 is securely braced by means of a weight 4, buried in the ground, from which a guy-rope 5 passes, as

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clearly shown in Fig. 1. The upper end of said post 2 is provided with a cross-head 6, which is slightly separated from the post 2 by means of a block 7, inserted between it and said post. In the outer ends of the crosshead 6 are mounted pulleys 8 9, around which pass cords 1O 11, respectively, which cords in turn pass over suitable pulleys in the posts 12 13, located on each side of the gate 1 and have connected to their outer ends weights 14:, as clearly shown. The said post 2 is further provided with a roller 15, mounted in suitable brackets near the upper end of said post, which roller serves the function of a brace for the operator in closing the gate.

The post 3 is provided with a longitudinal mortise 16 therein, with beveled edges on each side thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Pivotally connected to the inner face of the post 3, at a point just below the mortise 16, is a block 17, whose lower end is heavier than the upper end, the said upper end being substantially a narrow strip 18, which when the gate is opened lies directly opposite the mortise 16, being held in such position by gravity. A suitable stop 18 is provided for limiting the outward movement of the lower part of said block. The latch-bolt 19-is adapted to fit the mortise 16 when in its closed position, and as the gate is adapted to swing in either direction the block 17 is provided for preventing the latchbolt from passing in one direction or the other beyond said mortise. When the same closes, the outer end of said latch-bolt comes in contact with the upper contracted portion 18 of the block 17 and forces it to one side beyond the mortise 16, permitting the said latch-bolt to fall therein. This block operates in either direction in which the gate may be turned. When it is desired to open the gate, the latch- .bolt is retracted, in a manner hereinafter described, beyond the innersurfaoe of the block 17'. The said latch-bolt 19 may be constructed of wood or iron, as desired, moves in suitable ways in the gate 1, and projects through a slot in the outer post of said gate. It is normally held in its outward position by means of a spring 20, secured to said bolt and to the outer post of the gate. Its rear end is pivotally connected to a lever 21, fulcrumed in one of the cross-bars of the gate 1, which levermoves Within a guide 22 at its upper end and is provided on one side with an angularlydisposed lug projection 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The rear side of said lever 21 is protected by a bar 24 of the same width, so

that cattle or horses will not be able to operate the latch 18 by rubbing against the lever 21. On the opposite side of the gate to that on which the lever 21 is mounted is a releasebar 25, which moves in suitable guideways 26 26 on the cross-bars of the gate and is provided with a pin 27 on its inner side, which pin is adapted to engage the angularly-arranged lug or projection 23 on the lever 21.

outwardly therefromand engages a pin 29 on the lower bar of the gate 1 for the purpose;

of throwing the upperend of said release-bar outwardly.

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Connected to the gate 1 is a bar or beam 31,

which projects upwardly from the top of the I gate and has a pulley 32 in its upper end, 1 which is located directly over the upper end of the release-bar 25.

The cords 10 11 are connected together at; a point near the pulley 32, and a single cord 33 extends downwardly therefrom and connects with a staple 34c on the upper end of the release-bar 25.

recess 16 in the post 3.

direction or the other, according to which one of the cords 1O 11 is pulled. The means for closing the gate will be readily understood, f and when the latch-bolt in the same is brought 1 opposite the mortise 16 in the post 3 the spring 19 on said latch-bolt will throw the latter into its locked position.

I have described my invention in its preferred form and realize that many slight changes might be made in many of the different parts. For example, the bar 31 might be secured to the gate 1 in an upright position and double cords pass from the end of the bar 31 under a pulley on the end of said releasebar 25. Such obvious changes as these, however, are contemplated by me and are intended to be covered by this patent.

The ropes or wires are crossed behind post 2 if it is desired to swing the gate away from the operator.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a gate, a post upon which said gate is mounted and a latch-post for the same, of a latch-bolt slidingly mounted in said gate and adapted to engage a mortise or slot in said latch-post, a spring for I normally holding said latch-bolt in its outer Hogs and other animals are prevented from 5 raising the release-bar 25 by reason of the block 30, located on the under side of said:

position, a lever to which said bolt is connected, an inclined lug or projection on said lever, a release-bar moving in guideways on said gate,'a' pin on said release-bar which is adapted to engage the lug on said lever and means, actuated from a distance, for raising and lowerin g said release-bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a gate, a post upon which said gate is supported and a second post to which said gate is latched, of a latchbolt slidingly mounted in said gate, a spring for normally holding said bolt in its outward position, a lever to which said bolt is pivot- From the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the operation of my invention will be readily understood. Briefly stated, however, it is as follows: If it is desired to open the gate by one approaching it, it is merely necessary to pull-one or the other of the cords 10 11, extending downwardly from the pulleys on the upper ends of one of the; posts 12 13. This action will raise the release- 1 bar 25, and through the engagement of the pin 27 thereon will cause the upper end of the lever 21 to be thrown forwardly, drawing back the lower end of said lever and with-' drawing the latch-bolt 19 from the mortise or I A still further pres- 2 sure on the cord 10 or 11 will, by reason of, the angular direction in which said cords ex- Q tend from the bar 31, open said gate in one ally connected, an angularly-arranged lug or bar mounted in suitable guideways on said gate, a pin on said release-bar adapted to engage the lug on said lever, a beam secured to said gate and projecting upwardly therefrom, a pulley mounted in said beam just above said release-bar, a cross-head on the 'upper end of the post upon which said gate is supported, pulleys in the outer ends thereof, posts located on each side of said gate, cords passing over pulleys on said posts, pulleys on said cross-head, and 'a pulley on said beam and connected to the upper ends of said release-bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE L. BLICKENSTAFF.

Witnesses:

HENRY BUCK, SAMUEL F. MILLER.

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